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« Reply #1400 on: 20 August, 2017, 10:41:53 am »
Yes.  I'm probably too sensitive but I turned the radio off when WI were 7 wickets down.  It seemed too intrusive to continue listening.  It seems to be a bad period for West Indies athletics, too - not just Bolt - the wheels seem to have come off fairly comprehensively.  But South Africa was a shock, too.

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« Reply #1401 on: 20 August, 2017, 12:01:25 pm »
The current bunch of schoolboys are a far cry from the 1984 team.
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« Reply #1402 on: 29 August, 2017, 06:32:05 pm »
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« Reply #1403 on: 29 August, 2017, 06:36:43 pm »
The current bunch of schoolboys are a far cry from the 1984 team.

Erm...
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« Reply #1404 on: 29 August, 2017, 07:36:41 pm »
That was very impressive. Well done West Indies!
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« Reply #1405 on: 30 August, 2017, 08:50:32 am »
The current bunch of schoolboys are a far cry from the 1984 team.

Erm...

That's still true. It was a great battling performance and an exciting Test match, but let's see if they can repeat it in the third Test.
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« Reply #1406 on: 30 August, 2017, 09:13:57 am »
Credit to Root. His declaration made a game of it.

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« Reply #1407 on: 30 August, 2017, 01:28:54 pm »
I agree.  Excellent for cricket.  England doesn't only need a number 3, it quickly needs some fast bowlers to take over from Broad and Anderson.  The Ashes series will be interesting:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41093474

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« Reply #1408 on: 31 August, 2017, 05:09:32 pm »
Meanwhile, in the County Championship:
From a pre-season guide:

Essex: "they look a decent bet to consolidate their top-flight status despite being favourites with the bookies for the drop"
Lancashire: "Prediction - 8th" (i.e. bottom)

Next week the two meet at OT in a top-of-the-table clash

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« Reply #1409 on: 31 August, 2017, 09:42:05 pm »
Play abandoned after crossbow bolt lands on pitch.  :o

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« Reply #1410 on: 05 September, 2017, 01:33:56 pm »
Meanwhile, in the County Championship:
From a pre-season guide:

Essex: "they look a decent bet to consolidate their top-flight status despite being favourites with the bookies for the drop"
Lancashire: "Prediction - 8th" (i.e. bottom)

Next week the two meet at OT in a top-of-the-table clash

Play abandoned for the day without a ball bowled. Full day forecast for tomorrow but more rain Thursday & Friday apparently.
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« Reply #1411 on: 06 September, 2017, 02:24:39 pm »
Lancs are 69 for 5. Hameed, their opening batsman, is still there on 11. That's what you call a patient innings.
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« Reply #1412 on: 06 September, 2017, 06:32:05 pm »
It's what you call a huge innings with Hameed's form this term.  Talk about the kiss of the commentators.....

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« Reply #1413 on: 06 September, 2017, 06:43:05 pm »
He's on 85 now, with Lancashire staging a solid recovery on 222-8. Looking at the forecast, I doubt they will get more than another full day out of the next two.

I don't remember first class matches continuing throughout September when the County Championship was a proper Championship, with 17 teams all playing with no divisions.
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« Reply #1414 on: 07 September, 2017, 02:50:44 am »
They have to fit in all the toy town stuff which makes the money, now.

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« Reply #1415 on: 07 September, 2017, 12:33:02 pm »
290 all out is a brilliant recovery from Lancs. I reckon Essex will be hoping for rain now...

Edit: bugger! Hameed was 9th out for 88, off 360 deliveries, so didn't carry his bat. A vigil like that deserves a mention in the record books.
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« Reply #1416 on: 07 September, 2017, 03:57:21 pm »
Rain stopped play. I reckon that's it for the day, and tomorrow looks to be showery. I don't think Lancs can lose this, and as long as Essex don't do something really suicidal, they shouldn't either.
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« Reply #1417 on: 08 September, 2017, 11:31:10 am »
No play before lunch at Old Trafford. England, meanwhile, seem to be grinding their way back into the match.
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« Reply #1418 on: 08 September, 2017, 11:43:08 am »
Or not, as the case may be!

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« Reply #1419 on: 08 September, 2017, 04:22:06 pm »
Essex seem to be trying to keep the game alive! They declared at 202-8, 92 runs behind. That's pretty shrewd: 200 gives them a batting point, so they gained 4 bonus points from the match. Lancs also have 4 bonus points - 2 batting points for reaching 250 in their innings, and 2 bowling points for taking 8 wickets. Had Lancs taken a 9th wicket, they would have gained another bowling point, whereas Essex would have needed to reach 250 to get their second batting point.

There's is probably little more than another hour to play, so it is extremely unlikely that Lancs will score quickly enough to give themselves a cushion and take 10 Essex second innings wickets to win the match. However, a daring declaration by Lancs could lead to them losing. If that were to happen, Essex would be pretty much there so far as taking the County Championship is concerned.
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« Reply #1420 on: 08 September, 2017, 04:27:00 pm »
Oh! Match drawn! It's not even 4.30pm on the final day. I must be old fashioned. I thought they carried on until 5.30 at least.
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« Reply #1421 on: 08 September, 2017, 05:22:05 pm »
Nice one Jimmy.
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« Reply #1422 on: 08 September, 2017, 06:51:31 pm »
Yes, he's been brilliant, hasn't he? I gained the impression, when he started his test career, that of the young bowlers coming through, he was the one I didn't expect to succeed.
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« Reply #1423 on: 09 September, 2017, 11:54:54 pm »
Yes, well done Jimmy!  Stokes too.

Jimmy in 2003, test debut...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyG56r5mOHc

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« Reply #1424 on: 15 September, 2017, 12:32:55 pm »
Essex are County Champions! It's a bit like old times...
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